The Federal Government on Tuesday berated the organised Labour over the ongoing nationwide strike declared by union leaders following the assault on the Nigeria Labour Congress President, Joe Ajaero.
Most cholera patients don’t take clean water, lacked personal hygiene, govt should help affected communities –Doctors The Punch
Published 24 July 2021
Cholera cases have continued to be recorded in some states in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, listed Bauchi, Plateau, Kano, Niger, Zamfara and Kaduna as some of the affected states. The Federal Capital Territory Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, said 60 persons died of suspected cholera in six area councils, adding that suspected cases had risen to 698. In Plateau State, the disease has killed 21 people and infected 1144 in two months as of Wednesday.
Sallah: Police, FRSC deploy officers, ram theft rises in Kogi The Punch
Published 17 July 2021
Ahead of the Eid-El-Kabir celebration, the Edo State Police Command says it has deployed over 3,000 men to secure lives and properties in the state during the celebration.
It said attention would also be focused on the Benin-Auchi Road which it said had become a den of kidnappers in the state.
The state police spokesman, Kontongs Bello, in a statement on Friday said, “In the light of this celebration, the command put in place adequate security measures in ensuring the security of lives and property of all Muslims and the general public during and after the celebration to curtail the activities of criminal elements bent on making life difficult for law-abiding citizens.
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